I have 67 lesabre, that im adding air ride suspension to. I want to remove the old A/C bracket but noticed it holds the alternator in place. How do i remove this bracket and keep the alternator where its supposed to be without mis aligning it with the pulleys??? Thanks
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oh man its much easier then buying that non-a/c bracket. old chevies and some others actually had a spacer that was about 1/2'' diameter and long enough to maintain the space so that you could toss the bracket in the garbage. im running one on my 455 right now. it has a tab that allows a small bolt to the alternator to keep it tight. my pulley is lined up fine and holds the alternator in place without issue. i'll take a picture of it today and post it up so you can see. in the mean time...here is a home made deal i found from a google search
here is that bracket i mentioned earlier. i am running one on my 455 and i have a spare to clean up for my next engine. it sure simplifies the look of the alternator, if thats what you want. for me, it just helped delete my a/c :TU:
oh man!!! what!? where can you find these? summit racing? I may be on one through ebay which comes with a power steering bracket. Do you know anything about eliminating the smog unit and huge bracket with a smaller bracket for the power steering? thanks!!!
if you're in san jose, ca i believe you have a big pick-n-pull there. just peek around at older cars and trucks, you should be able to find a bracket like that. i got one of mine off a chevy engine but no idea if it was stock. the other was off an amc 360 alternator in a jeep wagoneer. when i had my buick 350 in the car i just removed the smog pump from the power steering bracket and fabricated a small block off to go on the intake. i dont have any experience with the 340 but i assume its the same idea. im running a buick 350 p/s bracket and pump on my 455 and it looks really clean without the smog pump but you can still see the nubs where it used to bolt on. grind/cut them off if you like but only after you road test it for a while to make sure you dont have any bad effects from removing the smog pump.
the smog pump has been off. Had it removed and plugged all the remaing holes. I just hate that huge bracket sticking out. Im trying to clean it all up.